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The top five states in this metric all have areas smaller than 50,000 square miles. New York and Florida are the only states larger than 50,000 square miles that crack the top ten. On the other end, the bottom 15 states all have areas larger than 50,000 square miles (when Delaware which does not have any airports is excluded).

Rhode Island has one airport that serves Block Island and then two on the mainland giving it such a high ratio of airports to area. It also ranks pretty high on number of airports per capita. Alaska on the other hand, does not top the list as it did in airports per tourist and airports per capita. Due to its immensely large size, it actually ends up on the bottom even though it ranks high in total number of airports.